Openly bisexual Dutch speedskater Ireen Wust says she got a surprise congratulatory gesture from none other than Russian President Vladimir Putin after her Olympic victory in Sochi.

"He congratulated me and asked if everything was OK in Russia and I congratulated him on (Russian speedskater) Olga Graf, of course, for her third place (in the 3,000 meters)," she is quoted by ABC News and a number of other media outlets as saying. "He was happy to see me, but then he had to leave again. But I cuddled him."

"I think we should do more than just send gay Olympians there," the "Jack Ryan" star said in an interview. ''What's happening there in terms of gay rights or the lack of it is extraordinary and awful."
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